'Hammer' Time

The media image rehabilitation of Tom Delay.

Instead of 'dancing behind bars' the Hammer gets prime time exposure.

Why is Delay are over the tube?




The crimes and corruption of Delay is a long and sordid story which should have put the 'hammer' in the slammer but slithering away without receiving too much harm is the way of a snake.

Source Watch has a good run down on Delay's criminal and warmongering history but a certain aspect of his story gives a hint as to why he escaped prosecution. He has friends in 'low places.'

DeLay has been a strong supporter of the State of Israel, saying, "The Republican leadership, especially that leadership in the House, has made pro-Israel policy a fundamental component of our foreign policy agenda and it drives the Democrat [sic] leadership crazy — because they just can't figure out why we do it!"

On a 2003 trip to Israel, DeLay toured the nation and addressed members of the Knesset. His opposition to land concessions is so strong that Israel's conservative National Union Party deputy Aryeh Eldad remarked, "as I shook his hand, I told Tom DeLay that until I heard him speak, I thought I was farthest to the right in the Knesset." Former Mossad chief Danny Yatom said "The Likud is nothing compared to this guy." {much more here}

Being a criminal and traitor to one's country doesn't always mean having to say you're sorry.

Just ask Tom....